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Akzo Nobel Standardises IT Procurement With HP

Overview Akzo Nobel, based in the Netherlands, serves customers throughout the world with healthcare products, coatings and chemicals. Akzo Nobel needed to maintain its competitiveness by improving efficiency and cutting internal costs. It identified IT procurement as one of the areas where substantial savings could be made. It decided to replace its ad hoc approach to procuring hardware with a global sourcing strategy based on just two suppliers. Following an extensive review and evaluation process, HP was invited to become a global hardware supplier for Akzo Nobel.

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Publisher	Hewlett-Packard	File Format	PDF
Date Published	June 2005	Downloads	35
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Procurement - Purchasing, Infrastructure Management, ROI - TCO

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